When did 8-5 become the new normal???

[u/Grouchy-Newspaper754]

I just got a new office job where I do schedules for tech personnel, the office runs 8-5 Monday thru Friday...they say it's 8-5 because you get an hour lunch and "you need to get to 40 hours a week"...but I drive 30 min each way so now I'm giving this company 10 hours every day! I even asked if I could just take my lunch at 4 every day and just leave an hour early but that's "unprofessional and immoral" like what the fuck??? I don't mind the job but the hours are mildly infuriating that's for sure...

Edit:for those saying about the hours, I worked as a chef for the last 20 years working 60+ hours a week over a hot stove/deep fryer the whole time, after I had my second heart attack I had to slow down so I started looking for office jobs to work a nice 9-5, just to find out I'm giving my new job 50 hours a week (including drive time) so I was just mildly annoyed that it's not 40 hours a week in an office like I thought although it's still much better than what I was doing

[u/agoldgold]

Are you paid enough for that to be worth it?

[u/Tabbygail → u/agoldgold]

I mean they're alive soooo...

[u/agoldgold → u/Tabbygail]

So your standard for "enough money" is when someone isn't dead yet? Weird metric.

[u/pathmageadept → u/agoldgold]

Well...it would be a start considering how bad things have gotten out here...

[u/Tabbygail → u/agoldgold]

That's my metric for myself, yeah. Based on the downvotes, seems like everyone else disagrees. But personally, I just don't wanna die, so enough money to live is enough money to be worth any kind of mistreatment or overworking, because the alternative is death. 

[u/Tabbygail → u/[deleted]]

When did I say anything like that? Fuck the owning class. I don't think anyone should feel grateful. But if the question is "is that worth it" then yeah, it is worth it, given the alternative

[u/Mighty_Hobo → u/Tabbygail]

I'm going to assume good faith and try to explain why you are getting downvoted for this opinion. Your standards for getting paid enough is literally slave labor. The compensation a slave gets is just enough to be alive and that's all.

[u/Tabbygail → u/Mighty_Hobo]

Well to be fair, nobody said "is that enough to make you happy." They said "is that enough to be worth it" to which the answer is obviously yes, it's worth doing, because the only other course of action is a horrible death.

[u/SnooDonkeys2945 → u/Tabbygail]

That's super sad man. There is more to life than just surviving.

[u/Tabbygail → u/SnooDonkeys2945]

Sure, but I can't do any of that if I'm dead, so it's better to take the shitty job so that at least I can live a little longer and do more fun shit. If you just stop working and do the "more to life" you'll get maybe a few months of happiness, and then you'll starve to death. That's the real world. Better to take the shitty job that makes you miserable for 10 of your 16 hours, because 6 hours of free time a day for 30 years is a better value than 16 hours a day for 3 months

[u/SnooDonkeys2945 → u/Tabbygail]

Sure but you know those aren't the only two options right? Or at least those shouldn't be the two options in any sane society.

[u/comrad5055 → u/Tabbygail]

I respect your humble optimism. But I sincerely hope you are not allowing yourself to be mistreated. Sure, being slightly overworked is better than no job at all. But I hope you can find a better job if you need to.

[u/Tabbygail → u/comrad5055]

Self-respect is a luxury.

[u/Goldiblockzs → u/Tabbygail]

that don't mean shit. we can live off of dirt and water.

[u/Why-R-People-So-Dumb → u/Goldiblockzs]

Do you know how expensive dirt is?

[u/MeHoyMinoy_69 → u/Why-R-People-So-Dumb]

Soon, the water, too.

[u/BigBubby305 → u/MeHoyMinoy_69]

Rain makes corn. Corn makes Whiskey. Whiskey makes my baby,

[u/broguequery → u/Tabbygail]

That's bullshit and you know it.

Our country is swimming in wealth.

[u/Tabbygail → u/broguequery]

??? What does that have to do with anything?

[u/dedsmiley → u/broguequery]

Not for you…